Uldis Dumpis
Birthday: Born in 1943-10-03 in Bauska, Latvian Republic
Deathday: Alive
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Ждите «Джона Графтона»
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At the beginning of the summer of 1905, representatives of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party Krasilnikov and Elkonen turned to Captain Zhanis Trautman, a Latvian political emigrant living on the outskirts of London, with a proposal to lead a steamer with a cargo of weapons to the shores of Russia. Having recruited a team of old and tried comrades, Trautman changes the crew of an English cargo ship bought by the front men. In the course of the squabble that arose on this occasion, a sailor of the...
Krimināllieta iesācējam
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On May 4th 1994, the 4th anniversary of Latvia’s splintering from the Soviet Union, rookie police investigator Aldis Karklins is tasked with solving the murder of Natalia Nolle, an influental behind-the-scenes political figure. The trail leads the 23-year-old Aldis in to the underbelly of organized crime and KGB conspiracies that outlive the Soviot Union. A miniseries in seven episodes, based on the novel "Don't Call Me, Don't Look for me! Life of Soviet Secret Agent" (Meklējiet sievieti) by ac...
Секретный фарватер
Character: Von Zwishen
Year 1944 ... Year breakthrough victorious in World War II, but in the Baltic theater of naval battles yet quiet. The line of duty, the commander of a torpedo boat Boris Shubin accidentally discovers a secret German submarine fairway unmarked. An emergency throws it on the "Flying Dutchman" and makes it possible to lift the veil of the strictest secrecy of the Third Reich, which surrounds it ......
Долгая дорога в дюнах
Character: Manfred
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UgunsGrēks
Character: Aivars Pētersons
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Latavio, or Life Nr. 2
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An omnibus film consisting of ten parts, each directed by a different young director from the Latvian Academy of Culture. The unifying element of the ten shorts is the place where they take place - the airport. A lot can happen there - including a strike by a comet, a malicious attempt to break havoc by passengers, or an exploration of the old airport guard's house where not a lot has changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The film consists of the following parts: A Mishap (Nediena) by...
The City Under the Limes
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A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve
Character: Ēriks
When old auntie Mirta succeeds in a lottery and wins a car, which she cannot use herself, different family members are suddenly there to 'be helpful' in favor to get the car after aunties' death, not to mention, they never have come before to help her. The funny rivalry between two parts of family, a foolish jealousy to the near living peasants' family, which had always non-selfishly been there for auntie, is a caricature of greasy human nature. This is a slight humor of the Soviet life details ...
There Are Four of Us
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One summer, four guys met on the shore of the Gulf of Riga. Azamat came from Kazakhstan. His uncle, a partisan, went missing on Latvian soil. Katya is from Leningrad, and Arvid and Yazep are Latvians. Arvid's mother lived in Kazakhstan during the evacuation, Yazep's uncle and his grandfather were also partisans. The military past brought the guys closer together. The trip to the places of partisan battles was not easy for the friends, but they learned a lot about the events that took place in La...
Attack On The Secret Police
Character: friend of the chief of the secret police
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I'm In Love With Your Daughter!
Character: Georgs
A young guy from impoverished family moves to the big city and by unlikely chance falls in love with a girl who has a wealthy father. When planning their wedding, he asks his father-in-law for a significant amount of money and decides to keep a part of it for himself. To have the wedding on the cheap, he hires inexperienced wedding organizers and asks them to make it look as posh as possible for the low cost. His plan ultimately backfires when the organizers overdo it....
Keys to Paradise
Character: Lauks
Successful work and life of a brave militia captain who does not know much about human psychology....
Checkmate to the Queen of Diamonds
Character: Robežnieks
A detective and a militia captain are working together investigating a murder. When their job is done, the feelings do not let them say goodbye....
The Game Is Taking Place Anyway
Character: Fridrihs
A businessman and a footballer are murdered before an important football match in Prague. Investigation has to be started....
Dangerous Summer
Character: Vilhelms Munters
A historical drama about an attempt to steal the entire Latvian national wealth deposited abroad by Wilhelms Munters, the Latvian Foreign Minister in the forties....
In a Claws of a Black Cancer
Character: Jānis
The action takes place in Kurzeme in the 17th century. The Duke of Courland, the King of Poland and the German barons wants power over the Latvian people. Farmers are the biggest victims of this power struggle....
The Conspiracy of Ambassadors
Character: Eduards
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Can-Can in English Park
Character: Genrikh Martinets
A Cold War spy thriller made at Dovzehnko Film Studio in 1984 and set in Munich. A Ukrainian poet visiting his emigre cousin is threatened into working for the CIA's operations through Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty....
Rally
Character: Bernat
During an international rally two contestants find a hidden painting in the door of their car. In order to not get removed from the track riders do not report to their team management....
Секретный фарватер
Character: Герхард фон Цвишен
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Nazis and Blondes
Character: Self
Veteran actors from the 3 Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - gather at a castle in Latvia to receive awards for their roles as Nazi villains in propagandist Soviet war films. They reminisce about the films that made them famous throughout the USSR, but also stigmatized the Baltic countries as Nazi sympathizers in the eyes of many Russians - a misconception that is nowadays exploited by the Russian media, desperate to label the Baltic countries as a fascist haven....
Blow, Wind!
Character: Didzis
Based on a stage play of the same name by the one of the biggest names in the history of Latvian literature Rainis, "Put, vejini" tells a story of an unconventional love that blossoms between the handsome, wealthy and impetuous merchant Uldis and the timid, humble and clear-hearted orphan Baiba....
Reflection in the Water
Character: Bratkus
Based on a story by Janis Lapsa, written by Janis Lapsa and Andris Kolbergs, film is a singular work, filled with human warmth. It is a story about a talented surgeon Markalns, who after a serious personal crisis, returns to his native town in order to start his life anew. The attention is concentrated on the inner world of Markalns, his feelings in this so important period of his life, when to endure and to proceed means to regain the lost sense of life and himself. His character and emotional ...
Rudolf's Gold
Character: Barons
The dawn of the XX century promised Latvians a prosperous and happy future. The nation’s self-esteem had awakened, and farmers were increasingly able to rise above even the estate stewards. Rudups, old soldier of the Kaiser and, with his wealth and pride, a thorn in the Baron’s side, becomes truly uncontrollable when he’s hit by Cupid’s arrow. The old boy is willing to do anything for simple maid Emily. But the girl loves his godson Karlis. It’s all a mix of riches, of cheating, and the Baron’s ...
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Character: Lauks
A load of gold is stolen. Detectives make criminals play by their rules....
Littlefinger
Character: Minister
Little Tom Thumb's evil stepmother exploits him amd makes his life very hard, so the little shepherd boy decides to leave home and seek happiness in the world outside. There little Tom Thumb meets the Wind Mother, Forest Mother and a little old man on his way. Each of them gives him a chore to do that earns him a gift with magical power, which comes in handy when he has to defeat Scrooges, Lop-Eared Man and the Devil himself. While traveling in the world and looking for happiness, he realises he...
The Gates to Heaven
Character: Klein
The tank corps of General Shubnikov in the spring of 1945 was already on the outskirts of Berlin. The stray rear did not ensure the regularity of the fuel supply. Colonel Lebedenko was commissioned to organize a base of fuel and lubricants in Himmelsfort, where a small group of Soviet soldiers had to enter into an unequal battle with the remnants of an enemy tank regiment, trying to break through the city....
My Family
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After his family was introduced on a national TV as a "perfect family", the son Robert has a hard time confronting all the lies related to this accidental fame....
Naughty Emil
Character: Tevs
One of the iconic Latvian movies. Based on Astrid Lindgren's book 'Emil of Lönneberga'. A story of a little boy, Emil, who, according to others is incredibly naughty, but actually Emil is a lot more kind hearted than all the rest. And everything he does is to help someone. But somehow it all the time turns out like a prank. His family won't agree with any pranks on themselves, so there goes Emil in his father's tool shed, where he's locked up for every prank. Includes the phrase - 'the main idea...
Grandpa More Dangerous Than a Computer
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Eight-year-old Oskar’s holidays start miserably; his parents “swap” the computer for his granddad to protect the child from the dangerous influence of the Internet....
Peterss
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Then It's Hi! Hi! Hee!
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The elderly nursing home residents for years feel worthless and troublesome. But then a crazy idea strikes them - to waive their pensions and enroll in the army as volunteers thus saving the country from financial crisis and spending excitingly the last years of their lives. The oldies are wise enough at organizing this event and now real adventures begin....
Stari stiklā
Character: Uldis Ritums
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Par mīlestību pašreiz nerunāsim
Character: Vickis
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The Hostage
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The Hijacker lands the plane at the Rīga Airport. 7 year-old Tom, travelling on his own, voluntarily becomes a hostage. Along with the traditional demands, the Hijacker adds the demands of the little hostage – beginning with some local chocolate and a self-instruction tape for learning the native language, and ending with organizing a Song Festival and a special biathletes’ performance – all ideas originating from a CD on Latvia....
Don't Shoot on the 26-th
Character: резидент
1943. Soviet intelligence Saeed Islambek, "26th", manages to infiltrate as an instructor in the SS special school, where defectors from Central Asia study. Loyal to his assistants become a scout-Uzbek Nadia, Secretary of the chief of the special school, and Deputy chief of the Gestapo Berg. When one of the most important military tasks are dying, sacrificing himself, Nadia and Sayid....
To Be Unwanted
Character: Arnis
Voldis Viters is released after seven years in prison. He is 46 years old and has no family or job. Some of his old friends have abandoned the life of crime, and policeman Leo Aleksandrs, as well as the beautiful taxi driver Irēna, try to persuade Voldis to forget the past and move on. But when the crime boss Teksis proposes a plan to rob a jewelry store, Voldis agrees, thinking this will be his last crime before starting a new life. Marking the pinnacle of its director's filmography, To Be Unwa...
The Mystery of the Old Parish House
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In this movie (based on a true story) within a movie, a director tries to film the tale of an old KGB activist living in a parish house. In the summer of 1941 the activist tortured and killed Latvians in the cellar of the house. Although the old man hires others to brick over the cellar door, the murdered people keep coming through the stones and never leave him in peace. Unbeknownst to the film makers, the "real" KGB activist, now an aged drunk, is milling about the film set. Moreover, the dire...
A Birdless Night
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Human relationships are like fishing nets, they can be either filled or nodular....
Virgins of Riga
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An easy-going, Blue-eyed Norwegian businessman seeking fame and fortune in the post-cold-war Riga. His involvment with a beautiful young Latvian girl, get's him tangled into obscure business with the mafia, the Russian fleet and the 'Sons of Norway'...
Gulf Stream Under the Iceberg
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Adam’s first wife Lilith is mentioned in the ancient Oriental legends, in Talmud and in the medieval books of Cabala. According to these sources, she was not created from Adam's rib like Eve but from clay like he himself. Nevertheless Lilith was not recognised by Adam as his equal and left him after a quarrel heading for Babylon. She has no soul, and she is immortal. Lilith assumes different names, can change her appearance, and takes possession of men against their will. Once it's accomplished,...
Wagtail's Army
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Defenders of Riga
Character: Pastor
The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of them inexperienced volunteers, somehow managed to defeat a larger, better-armed force of German and Russian mercenaries....
Meldru mežs
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Ceplis
Character: Briedis
Latvia in the 1920s. The enterprising Edgars Ceplis establishes a company to produce bricks from Latvian clay for export. Many are involved in his project, hoping for the huge profits the venture promises. Ceplis soon becomes infatuated with his office typist Austra Zīle and starts neglecting the business......
Vīrietis labākajos gados
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Christmas Huddle
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Ziemmassvetku Jampadracis tells the story of the Cirulisi, a tight-knit family down on their luck, and their trials and tribulations during the Christmas season....
Wish Me Bad Weather
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Spāņu variants
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The Longest Straw
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Post-war Latvia. Francis' gang operates in a small town and the new KGB agent Juris Vilks has been asked to infiltrate his gang and gain his confidence....
A Shot In The Forest
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Double Trap
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A police is trying to fight the criminal organization responsible for the illegal export of arts abroad. He pretends to be a criminal to enter and destroy their gang....
It's Easy to Fall Into an Overgrown Ditch
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Fear
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Strange Moonlight
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Tapers
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The path of the main character to the tops of creative work is a chain of victories and losses, in which gains and irretrievable losses alternate....
The Days of a Man
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The Zitars
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Tragedy of the Zitars family based on the novel by Vilis Lacis....
Maritime Climates
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The colourful musical comedy Maritime Climates could have been a triumph of smart political satire – if people in positions of power hadn’t got worried by the rushes they saw, which lead them to terminate the production. In 1992, Rolands Kalniņš made this edit of the remaining material – an elegy to lost hopes and illusions....
Fact
Character: Schmiedemann
Facts is a dramatization of a massacre in a Lithuanian village during World War II when Nazis rounded up over 100 men, women, and children accused of partisan activity and then torched the houses in which they were held. Using Russian interrogations of a few survivors, the testimony of villagers, and some of the Germans responsible for the killing, the film gradually reconstructs the event and its context....
Three Days of Reflection
Character: Эрнас Дуршис
Head of the CID and his colleagues are investigating a serious crime but the main witnesses are of no help....